Corn-crib.



J. w. VAN WYHE.

CORN ORIB.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 11, 1908.

900, 13, Patented oat. 6,1908

2 SHEETS-SHEET 1.

WITNESSES:

INVENTOR I S QJZdUanZJj/he ATTORNEY THE NORRIS FET'ZRS 60., wAsHmamN, n, c.

J. W. VAN WYHE.

CORN CRIB.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 11, 1 908.

- 900,613, Patented 0013.6, 1908.

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WITNESSES:

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JoHN VAN wYrrE,

PATENT QFFICE.

or HAWARDEN, IOWA.

CORN-CRIB Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 6, 1908.

Application filed. January 11, 1908. Serial No. 410,464.

To all whom it may concern."

Be it known that I, JOHN W. VAN WYHE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Hawarden, in the county of Sioux and State of Iowa, have invented new and useful Improvements in Corn-Cribs, of which the folowing is a specification.

My invention relates to farmers outbuildings and the object is to provide a combined corn crib and hay shed which'may be constructed whollywithout wood or timber of any kind. l r

My invention consists in the novelty of construction and arrangements of the various parts of the device as will be more fully described and pointed out in the claims.

I have illustrated the invention in the ac companying drawing in which Figure 1 is a view of the shed in side elevation, part of the base being broken away. Fig. 2 is a section on line x-y, Fig. 1, the crib fence being omitted. Fig. 3 is a view. of the shed in side elevation, the support for the corn shown in Fig. 1 being removed. Fig. 4

is a detail view of metallic band inclosing the base of the shed. Fig. 5 is a cross section on line yz, Fig. 4. Fig. 6 is an enlarged detail view of the jack for raising and lowering the roof of shed, showing also a section of portion of the frame and of the roof. Fig. 7 is a view of the jack on the opposite side from that shown in Fig. 6. Fig. 8 is a plan View of the foot or base of jack. Fig. 9 is an inverted view of bottom of the jack, the arms being omitted.

In the drawing, A is a circular band of steel or iron fastened together by means of a hook a, pivotally secured to the band, and pins 5, 6, over which the hook is adjusted. The band incloses a cement or concrete base B, filled into the base and tam ed to make it a solid mass. The base is ac apted to be made higher in the center and to slope outward to form drainage for water. Above the base and of somewhat smaller circumference than the band, a ring 0, preferably made of sections of gas pipe and secured together by adjustable unions 0, c, c, is supported upon bolts D, D, which have large leads, the bolts being inverted and the lower parts embedded in the concrete as the latter is filled in. The upper parts of the bolts are threaded and check nuts d, d, at about the center of the bolts form a support for the ring C. Above the ring are check nuts (1,

- tion of corn.

. d and between the two sets of nuts the ring is held firmly in place, but may be adjusted by moving the nuts. A support for the roof is provided in posts or rods E, E, the lower ends of which pass through the ring C and are secured thereto by check nuts 0, e, 6, above and below the ring. In the rods E are holes f, f, in which may be placed pins g, g, on which the roof F rests. The upper ends of the posts are inclosed by a ring G similar in all respects to the ring C, having similar unions g, g, the upper ends of the posts being secured to the ring G by similar check nuts h, h. The roof is of conical shape and is preferably made of sheet steel or iron and has openings '11, i, through which the posts pass. Above the openings the metal is turned back to form a trough or drain to carry the rain away from the openings. -At its edge the roof is turned up to form a rim j, and atone side a spout 7c, carries the water to the ground.

In Fig. 1 is shown a crib fence H, made of slats secured together by bands of wire, adjusted within the posts of the frame, and forming a complete structure for the reten- As the crib fence comes in sections of the same or different widths, it may be placedv within the frame and the sections added to the top of the preceding sections as the crib is filled.

In Figs. 1 and 2 an extra post E is shown for use when the structure is used .for a corn crib, as otherwise the posts would be too far apart for the insertion of boards to form an opening through which to remove the corn. Between the post E and the adjacent post E short rods Z, Z, may be inserted in the holes f, f. Boards may be vertically inserted back of these rods, and openings made in the crib fence and the boards lowered or removed as the corn is taken out.

In Fig. 3 the structure is shown ready for use as a hay shed. As no support is needed for the hay the crib fence and extra post are removed and the space left free for the hay. In the second sheet of drawings is shown the means for raising and lowering the roof. It consists of a lifting jack J having a hollow, semicircular part m adapted to fit any of the posts E. An annular opening through this post permits of the insertion of a bolt a through the jack and into the post to secure the jack to the post. At each end of the part m are lugs 0, 0, at right angles to the former, and having annular openings for the insertion of a bolt L. The lower lug is partly split and has a downwardly extending lip, 0, which serves as a brace against the post. The lower half of the bolt L is plain and rests freely in the lugs, and has a round opening 7), near the middle. The upper part is threaded and supports a nut N having U-shaped arms 7", 7", extending outward from the post. In the roof near the openings for the posts E are openings 8, 8, through which the ends of the bolt L may protrude. When it is desired to raise or lower the roof the jack is first secured to one of the posts E and the roof allowed to rest upon the arms 1. The pin on which that part of the roof rests is then with drawn and the weight of the roof will hold the arms from turning on the screw. By inserting a pin in the hole in the bolt L the screw may be turned in either direction and the arms will travel up or down, carrying that part of the roof with them. A pin can then be inserted to hold the roof while the jack is removed to another post and the process repeated until the whole roof is raised or lowered to the desired level. 1 Having described my invention, What I l claim as new and desire to secure by Letl ers Patent 1s,

.1. In a corn crib, the combination ol" a I cement or concrete, base, a circular, metallic band inclosing said base, bolts or metallic posts embedded in said base, a metallic ring supported by said. bolts or posts, rods or posts secured to said ring, and a metallic root adjustably supported on said rods or posts,

substantially as described.

2. In a corn crib, the combination ol a floor, bolts secured to said lloor, a ring adjustably supported by said bolts, rods adjustably secured to said ring, secured to the upper part ol said posts, a Pool supported on. pins adjustable in openings in said posts, and means connected with one ol the posts for raising said roof, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

J. W. VAN WYHE.

itnesses JonN N. OFSTAD, JOHN J. ANnnRsoN.

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